Summer is gone, and while it is bittersweet to say goodbye to those lazy, hazy days of summer, the start of a new school year brings expectations of new beginnings.
In my post about ditching the sandwich bags, it was noted that, “The average American school kid generates 67 pounds of discarded school lunch packaging waste per year. That is more than 18,000 pounds yearly for the average-sized elementary school.”
Why not show your children you care about them and the environment by beginning the school year with these two eco-lunch alternatives to paper and plastic lunch waste that you can make yourself?
2 DIY Projects That Help Cut School Lunch Waste
DIY Eco-Lunch Mat
These Lunch Mats, designed by Creative Kismet are just so cute. Check out how she included a reusable napkin and cutlery. Using eco-fabric or leftover scraps would be greenest choice to create these mats. Here’s the Lunch Mat tutorial.
DIY Eco-Sandwich Wrap
If you haven’t already found an ecological alternative for wrapping your child’s lunch, try making this Sandwich Wrap. Here’s the Sandwich Wrap tutorial.
Story by Ronnie Citron-Fink, originally published August 2010 on Care2.
Photos by Ronnie Citron-Fink via Care2.